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[Sciortino]

so it was 45 minutes for a Xenoblade date and port announcements

What were you honestly expecting?
It was great imo.

 

[Plinko]

Mario Odyssey and Octopath Traveler look absolutely incredible.

 

[Incitemaybe]

Holy shit @ Mario

 

[jmizzal]

So uh, where was Platinum?

We were trolled lol

Next hope TGS

 

[ktroopa]

Odyssey looks just flat out amazing.

Prepare for Switch stock shortages once this hits...lol

 

[zma1013]

I was worried the 2 "classic" shooters was going to be like Red Steel or The Conduit games or something.

 

[ecosse_011172]

I love how everyone expects E3 level megatons in every single Direct.

SMO looks incredible.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

The Doom and Wolfenstein announcement was hype but other than that this was a whole lotta nothin. Not even a Rocket League release date smh.

 

[MTC100]

Let's be honest guys, this direct was just a 45 Minute Infomercial about Mario Odyssey and well. I'm sold.

 

[iKhameleon]

Odyssey looks INCREDIBLE! Oh wait, sorry GAF, I mean HORRIBLE DIRECT! WTF NINTENDO?! Switch has no gamez besides Zelda! /s

 

[NotLiquid]

It doesn't matter how cynical I may be in my jaded old heart

Every time I see Mario Odyssey I can't stop smiling

I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being one of my favorite games ever at this rate. I haven't felt this way in forever about a game

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

I'm depressed that we didn't get anything from Platinum. Damn you Kamiya for retweeting the direct! Other than that though it was pretty good, some big 3rd party announcements as well.

 

[Leatherface]

I say god damn! For the first time in a long time I can finally say Nintendo is back with a vengence with the Switch. Wow! So much to look forward to! Great direct!

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

Odyssey looks insane.

Doom and Wolfenstein is big time news.

 

[cheez124]

Odyssey looks so good. Gonna be hard for me to pick a GOTY between Mario, Zelda, and Persona 5

 

[Rayis]

Why did they tease Smash like that?

But other than that, Pretty good direct!

LEMME DOWNLOAD THAT OCTOPATH DEMO NOW!

 

[Jagsrock]

That was good stuff, I'm excited at the release dates, a lot of stuff pretty soon. Doom and wolfenstien was a awesome surprise. AND MARIO LOOKS AMAZING. All those kingdoms and there's still more, so many moons, so many costumes, freakin photo mode in a mario game. HOW DO THEY EVEN TOP THIS.

Time for octopath demo

 

[Clov]

No Smash Bros?

 

[momshotdad]

Mario looks fucking unbelievable.

 

[chronic_archaic]

Really interested about the id Tech ports - though will be interesting for sure given the hardware and I did not expect it at all, is Wolfenstein day and date?

 

[ghibli99]

My god... the direct could have been just 5 minutes of Mario Odyssey and I would have been good. Sooooooo much going on in that game. October 27th can't get here soon enough!!

 

[Terrorblot]

No Bingo, but not terrible! Mario and Xenoblade look fantastic!

 

[purseowner]

Best direct.

 

[Plum]

Aren't they normal red ones?

Nah, the 'normal' red ones are Neon Red. These are just regular red, so a darker shade. They're what I've been wanting from a Joycon set since the Switch launched.

 

[Majine]

Switch's first year... is ridiculous. So many games.

An amazing Zelda game, and what looks like an amazing Mario game.

 

[sixteen-bit]

uh oh

There's always TGS

 

[Currygan]

Mario is gonna be immense

Christ, the amount of creativity

 

[The Main Event]

No Bayo but everything else was sublime.

Mario looks like the best thing ever.

 

[Sadist]

So uh, where was Platinum?

Next week... in game magazines.

 

[Diprosalic]

Prepare for Switch stock shortages once this hits...lol

got mine ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Kapow]

Mario and Octopath look incredible, Xenoblade looks absolutely terrible. I thought the direct was pretty good overall

 

[ciccione]

Mario is so much filled of stuff that it hurts

 

[BlackDoomShadow]

Still confused about Smash being MIA. I guess Nintendo doesn't like money or something?

 

[Smellycat]

Mario looks flat out incredible! Apparently there are more worlds they haven't revealed...

 

[darkside31337]

Decent Direct. Definitely not worth the hype, but they so rarely are lol

I wish we had had more new game announcements for the Switch, everything Nintendo brought was elaboration on games we already knew about. And arcade ports, I suppose.

Was there even a single new game announcement? The most exciting announcement was a doom port and a late release for Wolfenstein.

 

[Brock Reiher]

I love how everyone expects E3 level megatons in every single Direct.

SMO looks incredible.

There were no new game announcements for Switch. What's the opposite of a megaton?

 

[AAMARMO]

Man that new Zelda 3DS game and then megaton look awesome I'm I right?

 

[oti]

Great Direct.

 

[Slowdive]

Mario looks amazing.

 

[mordecaii83]

Not a whole lot new I'm interested in... Still just Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Super Mario Odyssey, Rocket League, and maybe Skyrim. It's good to see more software come out for the system though! I'm excited publishers seem to be much more onboard for this than the Wii U.

 

[slit]

What were you honestly expecting?
It was great imo.

Whatever it was I'm sure it was completely unrealistic.

 

[Peltz]

Mario's going to be the GOTY for sure

it looks SOOO good

No doubt. It looks amazing. Holy crap.

 

[casey_contra]

I'm curious to see how the paintings work... it almost reminds me of Banjo-Tooie where the worlds were connected within themselves.

 

[kizmah]

Great direct overall. Some big surprises, some awaited release dates and more Odyssey (man this game looks amazing) is just cementing the fact that Switch year one is on fire.

 

[Neonep]

Is Ultra Sun/Moon even worth buying?

 

[XandBosch]

It doesn't matter how cynical I may be in my jaded old heart

Every time I see Mario Odyssey I can't stop smiling

I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being one of my favorite games ever at this rate. I haven't felt this way in forever about a game

It really does just look fantastic and great in all the right ways.

 

[chefbags]

Mario Odyssey looks amazing... <3

Shame no Smash :/

I agree.

 

[Nameless]

That bundle is going to be huge if they make enough.

I think Switch is in for a pretty massive holiday in general. Doubt they'll stick around anywhere

 

[Jerm411]

Was hoping for a Stardew release date but behind that, it was killer....Octopath looks amazing!

 

[nick_b]

Did it say the Octopath demo is coming out now or am I imagining it.